Texas High School Pulls Lesbian Couple's Photo from Yearbook: VIDEO

San Antonio's Brennan High School is under fire for removing an affectionate photo of Felicia Rivera and Lalani Hernandez, a lesbian couple, from the Valentine's Day page in the school yearbook, KENS5 reports:

Rivera is lesbian. She said recently a school photographer snapped a photo of her holding her girlfriend on campus.

The photo was selected for the Valentine's Day page but was later rejected. Rivera said it was removed only after the yearbook supervisor discovered the picture showcased a lesbian couple.

"You shouldn't be discriminated against just because you're gay," Rivera said. "You shouldn't worry about people bashing you or talking behind your back just for you to be you."

Rivera's father, Felix, encourages his daughter to be herself and he's behind her 100 percent as she tries to have the photo reinstated. Felicia has gathered about 200 student signatures calling for the photo to be placed in the yearbook.

Watch their report and an awesome interview with the awesome dad, AFTER THE JUMP...

San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro to Deliver Democratic National Convention Keynote: VIDEO

The keynote speaker has been chosen for the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte and he is the first Hispanic leader to deliver it, the AP reports:

The party announced Tuesday that Mayor Julián Castro would deliver the high-profile, prime-time address on the convention’s opening night. First lady Michelle Obama will also address the convention delegates — and a television audience across the country — on the same night, Sept. 4.

Castro, 37, is the youngest mayor of a major U.S. city and the first Hispanic selected to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic convention...As keynote speaker, Castro will step into the same role that propelled Obama into the national political spotlight.

Watch Castro's announcement video, AFTER THE JUMP...

Was Henry De La Plaz Gay Bashed At Miami Bar?

Henry De La Plaz says he was gay-bashed at San Antonio's Miami Bar. The bar's staff says he wasn't. The police say there were no injuries or "signs of struggle." Commentators say evidence was suppressed. Watch the report from San Antonio's KENS 5 TV AFTER THE JUMP ...

San Antonio Student Says She Was Beaten by Two Men Because She's a Lesbian: VIDEO

There have been WAY too many stories like this lately.

Kristen Cooper, a student at the University of Texas San Antonio says she was beaten by two men who grabbed her and dragged her into their truck while she was waiting for a ride outside a Halloween party. The men, she said, began punching her, KENS5 reports.

“It was bad, it hurt really bad, it was like full fist and I tried to fight them off, but I couldn’t,” said Cooper.
 
Cooper said the men eventually dropped her off near 1604. Without a phone she claims she walked along the roadway until someone spotted her and called 911. Cooper said the only thing the men knew about her was that she was gay and during the beating she claims they were calling her anti-homosexual slurs.

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Jake Gyllenhaal playing the field again.

'Out in the Silence' announces new national award for the student / youth group that most effectively raises LGBTQ visibility, calls attention to the effects of bullying and harassment, and promotes fairness and equality through an Out in the Silence event during National Coming Out Day, Ally Week and LGBT History Month, October 2011.

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Anti-gay editorial blasts domestic partner benefits in San Antonio: "It is not the role of the city to subsidize homosexual relationships. It is all the more absurd to do so in the belief, as Sculley said, that this is what a cosmopolitan city does. This implies that traditional morality is provincial and that this is necessary to 'attract the most talented people.' The latter perpetuates a stereotype that homosexuals are more talented."

Neil Patrick Harris has a thing for ventiloquist puppets and Pottery Barn Kids.

Shame: Michael Fassbender plays sex addict in upcoming film.

NASA releases most detailed images to date of Apollo Moon landing site.

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong kicked off Southwest flight for saggy pants, sass: "Don't you have better things to do than worry about that? I'm just trying to get to my f***ing seat."

Postal Service nearing default: "The United States Postal Service has long lived on the financial edge, but it has never been as close to the precipice as it is today: the agency is so low on cash that it will not be able to make a $5.5 billion payment due this month and may have to shut down entirely this winter unless Congress takes emergency action to stabilize its finances."

Male model fix: Nathan Owens.

Raf Simons covers Fantastic Man.

Focus on the Family's lobbying arm CitizenLink pleads for money to stay afloat: "CitizenLink this week sent an email to constituents pleading for $2.3 million in 30 days to avoid a budget shortfall. If the money is not raised, 'our ability to act on your behalf will be severely, and perhaps irreparably, hurt,' wrote Tom Minnery, CitizenLink executive director."

PSA of the day: Don't trust that hotel room safe.

NYC gay bar Boxers gets creative in order to open Hell's Kitchen location across from school: "Under the new plan, the entrance to the bar itself will face out onto 10th Avenue, while an entrance to a non-alcoholic food venue — possibly a taco stand — will face 52nd Street toward the Catholic school, co-owner Bob Fluet said."

48 people shot over Labor Day weekend in NYC.

Out gay Michigan rowing coach Charley Sullivan  encourages others to come out: "And for me, I’m here, I’m queer and I’m a hell of a good coach for it. To other coaches, come on out and play, the weather can be just fine if you make it so and choose the right places to invest your energies. And you just may find yourself being a better and more fulfilled coach than you’ve ever imagined."

NYC Cafe Dumps Brown Coffee After Company's Homophobic Tweet

San Antonio-based Brown Coffee Company sent out a homophobic tweet hours after the New York marriage equality victory, causing at least one NYC cafe to dump the brand.

RBC NYC Coffee noted Brown's tweet saying: "Although we won’t tell you what RBC stands for, we’ll let you know it doesn’t stand for intolerance and bigotry, therefore we will not be doing business with The Brown Coffee Co. anymore."

The coffee blog Sprudge notes: "In the days following, Brown has locked its Twitter account, deleted the offending Tweet, and deactivated its Facebook page. Brown can be reached for contact here and they run a WordPress here."

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